Hello 2010

Before I think about things 2009 brought... let me revisit my 2008 wishlist:

1) Baby

2) EOS 40D

Well both the wishes came through within the first 3 weeks of 2009. And there on, I've been totally occupied with either #1 or #2 :) I am sure Anita hates my occupancy with #2!! So the rest of the post is going to be bragging about the two new things in my life.

All I can remember in 2009 is the night of 13th January. That was the day Anita felt contractions and we admitted to KEM. After that point whatever happened was just out of the world expereince. At 1245 on January 14th the doctor told me that we were blessed with a baby boy. It was the best thing in my life (leave 2009 apart) to hold the new born Adi minutes after he came to existence. Thrilling to its core...

Since that day...time has flown ... The first couple of months were full of confusion about how to handle the baby. But slowly we both settled on our parenting roles and Adi settled as an individual in our family. There were times of commotion when Adi was unwell, but with gods grace, we saw it through. Now that Adi is growwing fast, it fun all over the place.

Professionally, 2009 was full of pressures ... thanks to the global recession. Work has been interesting and quite rewarding in terms of learning experience. Thoroughly enjoyed working on big ticket items for huge clients. Working under these pressure situtation has helped me grow as a mature professional and I feel a considerable upgrade from what I was last year :)

But the spot light of the year in office was the intra department Cricket tournament.. THE SPL. I played cricket after about 3 years, and man... it was fun. It took a long time to realize that even if your body is able to give 80%... your brain is not able to handle the emotions on the field. Temprament has gone down the drain. Despite of many oppurtunities, lack of temprament led to fatal errors, costing our team a spot in the Quater Finals. Nevertheless, it was the best team bonding effort ever made in our company.

Photography has been going steady, learning has been immaculate. Nov 2009, we (Photographers@Pune) hosted a photo exhibition, "Drushtikon 2009", featuring works of over 55 photographers. It was a total hit, and we saw over 7000 visitors in the 3 days of the exhibition. The overwhelming appreciation has kept our morals high to host Drushtikon 2010!

All in all... a good year, ofcourse with an addition of a new car (Indigo GLS) in the family, and a couple trips to Goa, Diveagar, Sangli, Mumbai made it more exciting.

Hoping the new year to be as enticing as this one has been. Happy New Year Folks.. Wish you the best in 2010!